Batang Padang (federal constituency)

Batang Padang was a federal constituency in the Perak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1955 to 1986.

Batang Padang

Perak constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1955
Constituency abolished	1986
First contested	1955
Last contested	1982

The federal constituency was created in the 1955 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

History

It was abolished in 1986 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Batang Padang
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Federal Legislative Council
1st		1955-1959	Abdul Hamid Khan (عبدالحميد خن)	Alliance (UMNO)
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	P057	1959-1963	Abdul Hamid Khan (عبدالحميد خن)	Alliance (UMNO)
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	P057	1963-1964	Abdul Hamid Khan (عبدالحميد خن)	Alliance (UMNO)
2nd		1964-1969
		1969-1971	Parliament was suspended[1][2]
3rd	P057	1971-1974	Loh Jee Mee (罗意美)	DAP
4th	P059	1974-1978	Azharul Abidin Abdul Rahim (ازهارول عابدين عبدالرحيم)	BN (UMNO)
5th		1978-1982
6th		1982-1986
Constituency abolished, renamed to Tapah

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Batang Padang	Batang Padang North
	Batang Padang South
			Chenderiang
		Tapah
		Tapah Road

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Azharul Abidin Abdul Rahim	14,297	67.62	6.47
	DAP	Ibrahim Singgeh	6,847	32.38	6.47
Total valid votes			21,144	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,012
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			22,156	75.73	1.95
Registered electors			29,255
Majority			7,450	35.24	12.94
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Azharul Abidin Abdul Rahim	11,911	61.15	9.82
	DAP	Jimmy Loh Jee Mee	7,568	38.85	9.82
Total valid votes			19,479	100.00
Total rejected ballots			651
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			20,130	77.68	1.77
Registered electors			25,914
Majority			4,343	22.30	19.64
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Azharul Abidin Abdul Rahim	9,408	57.25	57.25
	DAP	Jimmy Loh Jee Mee	7,024	42.75	7.62
Total valid votes			16,432	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,125
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			17,557	79.45	4.38
Registered electors			22,098
Majority			2,384	14.50	13.76
	BN gain from DAP		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Jimmy Loh Jee Mee	7,188	50.37	50.37
	Alliance	Mohamed Jumah Satir	7,082	49.63	9.05
Total valid votes			14,270	100.00
Total rejected ballots			704
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			14,974	75.07	5.81
Registered electors			19,946
Majority			106	0.74	32.36
	DAP gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Abdul Hamid Khan Sakhawat Ali Khan	7,827	58.68	4.42
	PPP	Amirthalingam Sinniah	3,412	25.58	25.58
	Independent	Jimmy Loh Jee Mee	2,099	15.74	15.74
Total valid votes			13,338	100.00
Total rejected ballots			899
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			14,237	80.88	11.42
Registered electors			17,603
Majority			4,415	33.10	11.49
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Abdul Hamid Khan Sakhawat Ali Khan	6,231	54.26	27.95
	Independent	Jaya Ramachandran	3,749	32.65	32.65
	PMIP	Hashim Mahaboob	1,504	13.10	13.10
Total valid votes			11,484	100.00
Total rejected ballots			93
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			11,577	69.46	9.72
Registered electors			16,667
Majority			2,482	21.61	49.68
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1955

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Abd Hamid Khan	9,170	82.21
	National Association of Perak	Mohd Shamsuddin Hamzah	1,218	10.92
	Perak Malay League	Abd Majid	766	6.87
Total valid votes			11,154	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			11,154	79.18
Registered electors			14,087
Majority			7,952	71.29
This was a new constituency created.
Source(s) The Straits Times.[3][4]

References

1. Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
2. "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.
3. "How To People Voted". The Straits Times. July 29, 1955. p. 7. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
4. "People and Parties in the Pools". The Straits Times. June 16, 1955. p. 2. Retrieved February 12, 2021.